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This is my dream setup. I have always wanted a vivarium. Yours is amazing!

04-04-2013 02:59 PM

cpt13007

thats an amazing setup
what kind of misting system do you use

03-28-2013 01:44 PM

VicSkimmr

They're a lot of fun, but yeah people only keep one type of frog in each. Most people's tanks are in the 15-30 gallon range. Having a tank this big doesn't really do anything for the frogs, they'll breed and be just as entertaining in a much smaller tank.

Most of the plants are crammed into crevices in the wood or pinned between the wood and the background. The others are held in place with toothpicks. Eventually the roots take hold and the toothpicks will rot away.

Nobody in the hobby combines frogs that can inter-breed. There are some very specific lines in the hobby, some with actual locale data so nobody mixes them to avoid blurring the lines. For instance, my imitators are from a very specific location in the Rio Huallaga river basin. Imitators from a mile away may look completely different than them.

I'm sure some people do mix the frogs, but it is very very heavily frowned upon.

No, I meant keep multiple species of the same variation of R. Imitator. You make me seriously think about starting my own viv.

That is a beautiful set up!!! I was thinking of starting something like that in a front room, it's small and can get very warm. What do you use on the bottom for substrate?

03-26-2013 10:04 PM

VicSkimmr

Most of the plants are crammed into crevices in the wood or pinned between the wood and the background. The others are held in place with toothpicks. Eventually the roots take hold and the toothpicks will rot away.

Nobody in the hobby combines frogs that can inter-breed. There are some very specific lines in the hobby, some with actual locale data so nobody mixes them to avoid blurring the lines. For instance, my imitators are from a very specific location in the Rio Huallaga river basin. Imitators from a mile away may look completely different than them.

I'm sure some people do mix the frogs, but it is very very heavily frowned upon.

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